1. Customs offices are established and abolished by orders of the Minister of the Economy and Finance on the proposal of the Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxation. 2. When the office is located within the customs radius, the order prescribing its establishment or closure must be posted, at the behest of the Prefect, in the municipality in which the office is located and in neighbouring municipalities.
The customs administration is required to affix to the front of each office, in a conspicuous place, a notice bearing the following words: “Bureau des douanes françaises”.
1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise set the opening and closing hours of customs offices. 2. However, customs offices may not be open for less than eight hours from 1st April to 30th September and seven hours from 1st October to 31st March, except in the case of customs annexes whose opening hours may be limited to certain days or even certain hours per week.
Customs brigades are created and abolished by decisions of the Director General of Customs and Excise.
1. Gates, offices, posts or fences intended for the guarding and surveillance of the frontiers may be established on the land that is necessary on condition that the State pays the value of this land by mutual agreement. 2. The customs offices may be located in the houses that are most suitable for the public service and for the administration, with the exception, however, of those occupied by the owners….
1. The municipal administrations and, in their absence, those of the department are required, when requisitioned by the heads of the customs service, to designate the houses and sites suitable for the establishment of offices and the accommodation of officers. 2. The designation must relate only to houses or sites which are not occupied by the owners, unless it is absolutely impossible to obtain others; in this case, part of…
The customs administration’s operational reserve is intended for temporary reinforcement of the customs administration’s services. It is made up of : 1° Retired members of the customs administration ; 2° Volunteers under the conditions defined in articles 52 ter to 52 quinquies. The volunteers mentioned in 2° of this article are admitted to the operational reserve after an initial training period as reserve customs officers. Volunteers in the operational reserve…
I. – Candidates who meet the following conditions may be admitted to the Customs Administration’s operational reserve, under 2° of article 52 bis: 1° Be of French nationality ; 2° Be aged between eighteen and sixty-seven; 3° Must not have been convicted of a criminal offence or a misdemeanour listed in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or have been disqualified from holding public office; 4° Have the special…
Customs officers in reserve may carry out temporary back-up duties at the request of the officials under whose authority they are placed, or specialist duties corresponding to their professional qualifications. When taking part in these missions, reserve customs officers may be authorised to exercise the powers devolved to customs officers. A decree in the Council of State specifies the authority competent to issue these authorisations and the conditions under which…
Reservist customs officers sign a contract of employment for a period of between one and five years, which sets out their obligations in terms of availability and initial and ongoing training, and which confers on them the status of occasional collaborators in the public service. The contract specifies the duration of the assignment, which may not exceed ninety days per year. The administration may order the removal from the operational…
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